Actually, I understand her anger and frustration. Anyone who would wonder if her dead mother would do anything different, doesn’t understand that the mother didn’t care what the daughter thought, and would have only reinforced her treachery by the response.
My father turned into an evil old man, was a pedophile whose line was “ i’ve never been arrested “; and if you met him casually, you’d like him and think that the rest of us were crazy. That kind of Evil.
“My father turned into an evil old man, was a pedophile whose line was “ i’ve never been arrested “; and if you met him casually, you’d like him and think that the rest of us were crazy”
I can relate.
My parents split up when I was young. About 5 years old. Mother retained custody of us kids and after the split, she turned into a mentally ill, abusive monster. No sexual abuse, but plenty of mental, emotional, and physical abuse.
But she kept that side of herself well hidden from outsiders. Assorted friends, acquaintances, even other family members. She was so good at that charade, that masquerade, that people were absolutely convinced she was a Saint. Some of them cluelessly telling me how lucky I am to have such a wonderful person for my mother.
Back when I was a kid, there were PSA tv commercials that advised if you’re an abused child, to tell an adult. The adults I knew were my mothers acquaintances. So, on a few occasions I tried to tell a few of them how my mother abused us kids, hoping they could do something about it, and their response was always the same: “What are you talking about? Your mother is so nice!”
My late MIL.